Meeting Miss Virginia Dale Turns In To A Long Island Quirk
Steve Powers and Tom use a staged meet at Grand Central to woo Virginia Dale. A pink dressed Betty arrives, posing as Virginia, and reveals the ruse while plans shift to a genuine budding relationship. Letters and fudge follow as Steve pursues Betty. Virginia attends a wedding elsewhere.
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Steve Powers
Long Island
Tommy
Grand Central
Tom
Powers
Virginia Dale
Tuckahoe
Steve
Virginia
Elaine Warrell
Anne
Jusland
Virgina
Gwendolen
Agnes
Evangeline
Beatrice
Barbara
Constance
Betty
Pennsylvania
Yom
Ted
Dale
Molly
Long-buried Niagara Unearthed Near Thorold Ontario
Excavations for the Welland canal near Thorold reveal a prehistoric Niagara in southern Ontario. Engineers describe a stepped first fall of about 25 feet with a deep canyon where a paleolithic river once carried water from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. The buried falls inspired thoughts on Canada’s past energy and future development.
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Niagara
Welland Ship Canal
Thorold
Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Ontario
Canada
United States
Canadian Falls
Catal
To Vignette a Photograph from Magazine Technique
The article describes a hands on method to vignette a photo by exposing the paper as usual, wetting it, pressing it on glass, and rubbing the center with fingers to shape the highlighted area. It advises washing in water and placing in a hypo bath after development.
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Popular Mechanics Megazine
Compost Pile Proves Fertile Source of Plant Food
USDA specialists say the compost pile yields valuable soil plant food with low cost and high fertilizing value. Built on a clay foundation, layered with leaves straw and manure, the pile stays moist and compacted, taking about a year to rot for immediate land application.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cutting Trees in Woodlot for Future Growth
The plan prioritizes removal of sound but dead trees in the woodlot to aid the remaining stand. It also targets diseased or insect-damaged trees, crooked or oversized crown trees that won’t yield quality lumber, overtopped or stunted trees, and slow growing species crowding faster ones of equal value such as slow growing white oak.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Big advantage in cattle feeding and farm fertility
The United States Department of Agriculture notes cattle convert roughage and waste feeds into concentrated marketable form. This saves farmers labor in marketing bulky products and keeps fertility on the farm by returning nutrients.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Benefits of Farm Animals for Year Round Labor
The keeping of farm animals provides profitable work in winter when other tasks lessen, and they require careful attention. This distributes remunerative labor throughout the year more evenly than would otherwise be possible.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Months of heavy harvests by crop this year
The United States Department notes peak harvest months for crops. June nearly reaches half of total for strawberries. July sees 52 53 and 58 percent for barley onions and raspberries. rye and timothy hay at 72 74 percent. September leads in half harvests with sorghum syrup tobacco clover seed dry beans flaxseed at 52 53 54 55 and 56 percent. October sugar beets reach 56 percent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Personal Visit to Market Benefits Shipper and Grower
A personal market visit helps the shipper recoup costs as trivial points matter to dealers. It lets the producer engage distributors directly, choose a reliable representative, learn ear lot receivers' labors, and grasp ongoing market problems.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Proposal to census scrub sires in all counties
Officials in every stock raising county are urged to take a census of scrub sires in their territories. The goal is to carry out elimination of scrub sires systematically, a suggestion tied to a U S Department of Agriculture program promoting better sires.
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United States Department of Agriculture
STOP TUBERCULOSIS IN HOGS PREVENTION METHODS
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture prevention guidance urges pasteurizing milk fed to hogs, feeding behind cattle only after tuberculin testing, and thoroughly cooking garbage, offal, or carcasses before feeding to hogs.
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United States
Dpepartment of Agriculture
Master of Art of Bluff Fools Lovers With Torn Poem
Two Indianapolis girls share confidences about admirers. Alice’s temperamental suitor parts, then returns with gifts. A friend laughs at a boy who tears up a love poem and uses folded paper to fake tears, exposing the ruse.
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Indianapolis
Alice
Ance
San Saba Pecan Crop 1919 Sets National Record
Record pecan growers in San Saba Texas report 1919 as a banner year for paper shell pecans. The crop is estimated at about 60 carloads with many trees yielding around 800 pounds each. Prices range from 45 dollars per unthrashed tree to 17 to 25 cents per pound with a buyer already contracting 350000 pounds.
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San Saba
Texas
Satisfying Relief From Lumbago Remedy Ad
A vintage medicine advertisement touts a warmth giving external remedy for lumbago and other pains. It promises quick, thorough relief without rubbing and encourages readers to ask their druggist for the product by name. Available in 35c 70c and 1.40 sizes for family use.
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Offer Kidney Healing
An old ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe remedy for kidney liver and urinary tract issues claiming long use over 200 years. It warns of symptoms like backache and fatigue and urges daily intake with a refund if unsatisfied ensuring customers insist on the original import.
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Haarlem
Sun day School Attendance Reaches Twenty Million in U S
A New York Times style note reports that twenty million children attend Sunday schools across the United States highlighting widespread religious education and youth participation in congregations nationwide.
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United States
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Cold Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a safe cough and cold remedy for grippe chest congestion and throat irritation. It mentions relief for adults and children and lists a price of 1.20 per bottle at druggists.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
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